This would mark the sixth distribution name for CBS as CBS Television Film Sales was the first (1952–1958),[2] CBS Films, Inc. was the second (1958–1967),[3] CBS Enterprises was the third (1968–1971),[4] Eyemark Entertainment was the fourth (1995–2000), and CBS Paramount Domestic Television was the fifth (2006–2007).

Until May 2009, CTD distributed the Paramount Pictures library on television. By then, CBS also dropped the name "Paramount" from television for good, renaming CBS Paramount Television to CBS Television Studios. Paramount has also joined up with Trifecta. However, CTD continues to distribute films currently copyrighted by CBS (or a subdivision thereof), including those films from Cinema Center Films and CBS Theatrical Films, along with a few select entries to which CBS bought ancillary rights in later years, such as My Fair Lady.

The current moniker for CTD's overseas distribution arm is CBS Studios International (since 2009). Its predecessors were CBS Broadcast International and CBS Paramount International Television.

In 2012, CBS Television Distribution ceased to be a corporate entity, becoming a division of CBS Studios, Inc.[5]